URBAN LEGEND

Meaning of URBAN LEGEND in English

non-true or partially true story or fact that is based on word of mouth which circulates widely and becomes a part of popular mythology (numerous urban legends are generated on the Internet and few are told again and again)

Explanatory English dictionary bed edition. Толковый словарь английского языка Редакция bed. 2012

URBAN LEGEND — noun Date: 1968 an often lurid story or anecdote that is based on hearsay and widely circulated as true
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
URBAN LEGEND — a modern story of obscure origin and with little or no supporting evidence that spreads spontaneously in varying forms and …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
URBAN LEGEND — Date: 1968 : an often lurid story or anecdote that is based on hearsay and widely circulated as true the …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
URBAN LEGEND — Function: noun Date: 1968 : an often lurid story or anecdote that is based on hearsay and widely circulated as …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
URBAN LEGEND — ➡ urban myth
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
URBAN LEGEND — ˌurban ˈmyth BrE AmE , ˌurban ˈlegend noun [countable] a story about an unusual event which happened recently that a …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
URBAN LEGEND — see urban myth
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
URBAN LEGEND — see urban myth
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
URBAN LEGEND — < publication > A story, which may have started with a grain of truth, that has been embroidered and retold …
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
URBAN LEGEND — A story, which may have started with a grain of truth, that has been embroidered and retold until it has …
Internetworking Terms English vocab
URBAN LEGEND — Городская легенда
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
URBAN LEGEND — = urban myth
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
URBAN LEGEND — - urban myth
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
URBAN — adj 1. urban; 2. urbane
Interlingua English vocab
URBAN — citean, urban
English interlingue dictionary
LEGEND — legende (-ari)
English interlingue dictionary
LEGEND — kasugiran
English-Visayan vocabulary
URBAN — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) urban climate Urban II urban planning Urban VI
Английский словарь Британика
LEGEND — I. ˈlejənd noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English legende, from Middle French & Medieval Latin; Middle French legende, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
URBAN
Webster's New International English Dictionary
URBAN — (a.) Belonging to, or suiting, those living in a city; cultivated; polite; urbane; as, urban manners.
Английский словарь Webster
URBAN — (a.) Of or belonging to a city or town; as, an urban population.
Английский словарь Webster
LEGEND — (v. t.) To tell or narrate, as a legend.
Английский словарь Webster
URBAN — ( a. ) Of or belonging to a city or town; as, an urban population.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
URBAN — ( a. ) Belonging to, or suiting, those living in a city; cultivated; polite; urbane; as, urban manners.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LEGEND — ( v. t. ) To tell or narrate, as a legend.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
URBAN
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LEGEND — /lej"euhnd/ , n. 1. a nonhistorical or unverifiable story handed down by tradition from earlier times and popularly accepted as …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LEGEND — noun Etymology: Middle English legende, from Anglo-French & Medieval Latin; Anglo-French legende, from Medieval Latin legenda, from Latin, feminine of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
URBAN — adj of or belonging to a city or town; as, an urban population. 2. urban ·adj belonging to, or suiting, …
Webster English vocab
LEGEND — vt to tell or narrate, as a legend. 2. legend ·noun a story respecting saints; especially, one of a marvelous …
Webster English vocab
LEGEND — [leg.end] n [ME legende, fr. MF & ML; MF legende, fr. ML legenda, fr. L, fem. of legendus, gerundive of …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LEGEND — traditional story or group of stories told about a particular person or place. Formerly the term legend meant a tale …
Britannica English vocabulary
URBAN — urban, Urban BrE AmE ˈɜːb ə n AmE \ ˈɝːb ə n
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
LEGEND — legend BrE AmE ˈledʒ ə nd -ɪnd ▷ legend|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
URBAN — / ˈɜːbən; NAmE ˈɜːrbən/ adjective [ usually before noun ] connected with a town or city : damage to both …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LEGEND — / ˈledʒənd; NAmE / noun 1. [ C , U ] a story from ancient times about people and events, …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
URBAN — ur ‧ ban W2 /ˈɜːbən $ ˈɜːr-/ BrE AmE adjective [only before noun] [ Date: 1600-1700 ; Language: Latin ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LEGEND — le ‧ gend /ˈledʒ ə nd/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: French ; Origin: légende , from …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
URBAN — adj. of, living in, or situated in a town or city (an urban population) (opp. RURAL). øurban district Brit. hist. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LEGEND — n. 1 a a traditional story sometimes popularly regarded as historical but unauthenticated; a myth. b such stories collectively. c …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
URBAN — adj. of, living in, or situated in a town or city (an urban population) (opp. RURAL). urban district Brit. hist. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LEGEND — n. 1 a a traditional story sometimes popularly regarded as historical but unauthenticated; a myth. b such stories collectively. c …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
URBAN — adj. of, living in, or situated in a town or city (an urban population) (opp. RURAL). Phrases and idioms: urban …
Oxford English vocab
LEGEND — n.1 a a traditional story sometimes popularly regarded as historical but unauthenticated; a myth. b such stories collectively. c a …
Oxford English vocab
URBAN — Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. Urban means belonging to, or relating to, …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LEGEND — ( legends) 1. A legend is a very old and popular story that may be true. ...the legends of ancient …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
URBAN — Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. Urban means belonging to, or relating to, …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
URBAN — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a rural/urban setting ▪ The research station is located in a rural setting. a rural/urban/suburban …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LEGEND
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
URBAN — [adjective] [before noun] - of or in a city or townurban regeneration/renewalurban developmenturban decayIn urban areas of industrialising nations, millions …
Cambridge English vocab
LEGEND — (EXPLANATION) [noun] [C] [formal] - the words written on or next to a picture, map, coin, etc. that explain what …
Cambridge English vocab
URBAN — adj. urban climate Urban II urban planning Urban VI
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
URBAN — adj. orig. Bartolomeo Prignano born 1318, Naples died Oct. 15, 1289, Rome Pope (137889). Archbishop of Acerenza (1363) and Bari …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
URBAN — adj. orig. Odo of Châtillon-sur-Marne born 0441; 1035, Châtillon-sur-Marne, or Lagery, or Lagny, Champagne, France died July 29, 1099, Rome …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
LEGEND — Synonyms and related words : Clio, Lambert conformal projection, Marchen, Mercator projection, Miller projection, Mishnah, Muse of history, Spiritus Mundi, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
URBAN — adj. Function: adjective of, relating to, or characteristic of a city FF1C; urban disorders FF1E; Synonyms: burghal, city, municipal Related …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
LEGEND — noun 1 well-known story ADJECTIVE ▪ ancient , old ▪ Greek , Inuit , Roman , etc. ▪ local ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
LEGEND — n. 25B6; noun the Arthurian legends : MYTH, saga, epic, (folk) tale, (folk) story, fairy tale, fable, mythos, mythus; folklore, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
LEGEND — n. 1 epic, saga, myth, story, (folk) tale, romance, narrative, fable, tradition, fiction, Scandinavian Edda There are scores of legends …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
LEGEND — A classification system in a particular area using a defined mapping scale and a particular data set which may contain …
Fishery English Glossary
URBAN — прил. городской urban renewal ≈ возрождение городов urban sprawl ≈расползание городов urban population ≈ городское население urban blight ≈ деградация …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LEGEND — сущ. 1) легенда a legend arises ≈ легенда возникает, рождается living legend ≈ живая легенда local legend ≈ местная легенда …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LEGEND — legend.ogg ʹledʒ(ə)nd n 1. 1> легенда; предание the legend of King Arthur - предание о короле Артуре famed in legends …
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